Research
Articles, tools, and commentary on
climate services and solutions.
climate services and solutions.
Highlights
Sep 05 2023
We developed a new dataset modeling the impacts of humid heat now and into the future, in collaboration with The Washington Post. Read the article or the coverage in The Post.
Sep 19 2022
We developed an interactive tool to map quantification capacity and uncertainty across CDR pathways. Explore the interactive tool, read the article, or read Frontier’s post to learn more.
Tools
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Articles
Sep 14 2023
How should we compare carbon removal approaches that work on different parts of the carbon cycle at different timescales? We explore how understanding equilibration dynamics helps us compare different carbon removal approaches.
How should we compare carbon removal approaches that work on different parts of the carbon cycle at different timescales? We explore how understanding equilibration dynamics helps us compare different carbon removal approaches.
Sep 11 2023
We introduce a new tool that lets users explore methods for quantifying net carbon removal from enhanced weathering.
We introduce a new tool that lets users explore methods for quantifying net carbon removal from enhanced weathering.
Sep 05 2023
We developed a new dataset that models the impacts of humid heat with fully public data and code, describing risks now and projecting them into the future.
We developed a new dataset that models the impacts of humid heat with fully public data and code, describing risks now and projecting them into the future.
Jul 18 2023
We held an expert convening to identify shortcomings and opportunities when evaluating financial risks to electric utilities from extreme heat.
We held an expert convening to identify shortcomings and opportunities when evaluating financial risks to electric utilities from extreme heat.
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Commentary
Policy Briefs
May 19 2023
Policy Brief
Alaska passed a bill that allows state forests to join the voluntary carbon market. We summarize the evidence that this program might result in non-additional offset credits.
May 03 2023
Policy Brief
Quebec's flawed reforestation offsets protocol overestimates the value of temporary carbon storage and ignores the albedo effects of planting trees.
Nov 22 2022
Policy Brief
We summarize a public comment letter from 16 organizations to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) on recommendations for the treatment of carbon removal in their net-zero standard.
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Comment Letters
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Publications
Sep 15 2023
One Earth
For carbon offsets to support temperature stabilization under the Paris Agreement, nearly everything about them must change.
Sep 12 2022
Global Change Biology
An ex post analysis shows that credited carbon sequestration in California projects is likely non-additional. These findings illustrate the importance of using dynamic baseline controls to credit carbon.
Dec 23 2022
Nature Plants
A paper using coupled seaweed growth and technoeconomic models to better understand the potential role of seaweed farming for carbon removal and biomass products.
Aug 05 2022
Frontiers
An actuarial analysis of California's forest carbon offset insurance program shows that it fails to adequately address risks from wildfire and sudden oak death.
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